Showing posts with label Plato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plato. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 September 2025

This article aims to stimulate thoughtful engagement with the philosophical and cultural implications of AI's influence on aesthetics. By examining AI as an embodiment of beauty, this study contributes to the ongoing dialogue on how technological advancements necessitate a revision of established beauty norms. Artificial Intelligence (AI) was considered as an object of beauty through philosophical lenses. The author explores how AI redefines aesthetic norms. The study traces the evolution of beauty from Platonic ideals to contemporary interpretations, arguing that AI's emergence offers a unique illustration of beauty in the modern age. The article delves into the philosophical foundations of beauty, examining historical perspectives and extending this analysis to contemporary theories. Arguments in favor of AI as a manifestation of beauty include its innovative capabilities, the extension of human creativity, and the objective patterns of beauty it can produce. Counterarguments highlight the absence of emotional resonance, the overemphasis on form, and the potential loss of authenticity. The article also compares AI with divine intelligence, discussing parallels and distinctions in terms of intangibility and the human quest for understanding. The research methodology involves a comprehensive literature review, philosophical analysis, and comparative study of classical and modern aesthetic theories. Key sources include works by Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and contemporary scholars in AI and aesthetics. The study area focuses on the intersection of AI, aesthetics, and philosophy, aiming to provide a holistic understanding of AI's potential to be perceived as beautiful. Future research directions include investigating subjective experiences of individuals interacting with AI-generated art, examining cultural influences on the perception of AI's aesthetic value, and developing new metrics for evaluating the beauty of AI systems. Author(s) Details Vadim Meyl Central European University, Vienna, Austria. Please see the link:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v2/944

 

This article aims to stimulate thoughtful engagement with the philosophical and cultural implications of AI's influence on aesthetics. By examining AI as an embodiment of beauty, this study contributes to the ongoing dialogue on how technological advancements necessitate a revision of established beauty norms. Artificial Intelligence (AI) was considered as an object of beauty through philosophical lenses. The author explores how AI redefines aesthetic norms.

 

The study traces the evolution of beauty from Platonic ideals to contemporary interpretations, arguing that AI's emergence offers a unique illustration of beauty in the modern age. The article delves into the philosophical foundations of beauty, examining historical perspectives and extending this analysis to contemporary theories. Arguments in favor of AI as a manifestation of beauty include its innovative capabilities, the extension of human creativity, and the objective patterns of beauty it can produce. Counterarguments highlight the absence of emotional resonance, the overemphasis on form, and the potential loss of authenticity. The article also compares AI with divine intelligence, discussing parallels and distinctions in terms of intangibility and the human quest for understanding.

 

The research methodology involves a comprehensive literature review, philosophical analysis, and comparative study of classical and modern aesthetic theories. Key sources include works by Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and contemporary scholars in AI and aesthetics. The study area focuses on the intersection of AI, aesthetics, and philosophy, aiming to provide a holistic understanding of AI's potential to be perceived as beautiful.

 

Future research directions include investigating subjective experiences of individuals interacting with AI-generated art, examining cultural influences on the perception of AI's aesthetic value, and developing new metrics for evaluating the beauty of AI systems.

 

 

Author(s) Details

Vadim Meyl

Central European University, Vienna, Austria.

 

Please see the link:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v2/944

Wednesday, 9 June 2021

Studies on Two Supreme Principles of Plato’s Cosmos: The One and the Indefinite Dyad—The Division of a Straight Line into Extreme and Mean Ratio, and Pingala’s Mātrāmeru| Chapter 6 | Current Topics on Mathematics and Computer Science Vol. 1

 In this survey, we look at some findings regarding the behavior of the resolvent of a weighted shift operator. The relationship between the coefficients of the mentioned operators, the behavior of the Cesaro averages, and the behavior of the resolvent were all taken into account. a/b + b)/a = a/b When applied to linear geometry, this equal proportion corresponds to what Euclid referred to as the Division into Extreme and Mean Ratio (DEMR) or The Golden Proportion. In fact, according to my mathematical interpretation, Plato uses Pingala's Mtrmeru or The First Analogy of the Double to shape the body of the Cosmos as a whole, to the point of identifying the two supreme principles of the Cosmos—the One (1) and the Indefinite Dyad (and1/)—with the DEMR in the Timaeus 32b and the Epinomis 991 a–b. As a result, Fire and Earth are linked by two Mean Ratios rather than one (namely, Air and Water). Furthermore, using the Platonic approach to analyze the geometric properties of the Cosmos as a whole, I believe Timaeus built the 12 pentagonal faces of the Dodecahedron using elementary Golden Triangles (a/b = ) and the Mtrmeru sequence. This would also demonstrate that my mathematical interpretation of the platonic texts is at the very least plausible. Plato most likely refers to the Line of the Horizon paradigm in his Republic when he speaks of the Divided Line to explain his cosmological doctrine of ideas.

Author(s) Details

Maria Antonietta Salamone
Department of Philosophy and Society, Faculty of Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

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https://stm.bookpi.org/CTMCS-V1/article/view/1387